Nashua Telegraph: The price of “allowances” that let New England utilities release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is holding steady, even though the recession has reduced the amount of power being generated. The third quarterly auction of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative produced a price of $3.51 per allowance, each of which allows the release of a ton of CO2 into the atmosphere. This is slightly higher than the $3.38 price from the auction in December. Some observers had thought the …